>Great idea
great idea -- bad timing
That's when the WG chairs lunch is that both Brian and Richard usually attend.
Can this be some other lunch time than Wed?
James
>For some time now, I've been frustrated with our inability to get on the
>same page on these issues.
>
>I also wanted to get some kind of effort started on cross OS APIs to the
>LCPs.
>
>Brian
>
>
>On 3/17/10 6:05 PM, "Richard Barnes" <rbarnes@bbn.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > This email is announcing a Bar BoF at the upcoming IETF meeting on the
> > topic of "location coherence", to be held somewhere in the vicinity of
> > the GEOPRIV meeting, probably during the lunch break on Wednesday, 24
> > March. Since the topic is a little peripheral to GEOPRIV, I've also
> > set up a Google Group for discussions here:
> > <http://groups.google.com/group/geo-loco>
> >
> > What I mean by "coherence" is this:
> >
> > In order for location-based Internet applications to work, there are
> > several pieces that need to work together, including
> > -- Positioning sevices
> > -- Location protocols
> > -- Location APIs-- Application protocols that use location
> > Right now, there are many different implementations out there for each
> > layer in this stack, each with its own set of semantics for location
> > related concepts -- not just the location that can be expressed (e.g.,
> > lat/long/accuracy vs. polygons), but also ancillary ideas like types
> > of location (civic vs geodetic) and supporting information like signal
> > measurements.
> >
> > In the spirit of allowing different organizations to add value at
> > different levels of this stack, while still maintaining
> > interoperability, it would seem like a good idea to have a coherent
> > set of semantics for location concepts -- a common data model, if not
> > common protocols and APIs.
> >
> > Topics for discussion could include:
> > -- How can we map out the space of things that exist today?
> > -- What sorts of location systems would this effort try to encompass?
> > Protocols and/or APIs? Positioning and/or conveyance?
> > -- What's the proper venue for this work? GEOPRIV? A new IETF WG?
> > Somewhere else?
> >
> > As an example of the sort of thing that might come out of this work, a
> > colleague and I put together a partial draft looking at mappings
> > between different location protocols:
> > <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-doran-geopriv-proto-map-01>
> >
> > Thanks for taking the time to read through this, and I look forward to
> > some useful discussions next week.
> >
> > Best,
> > --Richard
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